Kanye West wanted to do a VERZUZ battle against Drake, but Drake declined. During a recent radio interview, Swizz Beatz revealed, “Kanye was willing to do the Verzuz … He wanted to battle Drake. I left that up to them, and that’s what I told to Timb, as well. I was like, ‘Yo, they have to bring that to the table.’ They would have to agree to do that. Kanye was ready, but I don’t know where that’s at now. I’m still leaving it on them.”
Meanwhile, Swizz also discussed Drake taking a shot at him on “You Only Live Once” from his Certified Lover Boy album, The track appears to reference Swizz’s Instagram Live comments back in 2020, when he called Drake a “p*ssy” over an unreleased Busta Rhymes collab. Swizz apologized for his remarks shortly after.
Drake rapped, “Unthinkable when I think of the way these n***as been acting/I never did you nothing and you play like we family, huh? Next thing, you wanna shoot me down, it can’t be love/Not sure where you was trynna send it, it can’t be up/That day you sounded like a b*tch, you fancy, huh?”
Swizz responded, “I’m chilling. A lot of people want to see me react and do all these things, but I’m in such a great zone. I said how I felt, he said how he felt. Hey, man I guess we even. As far as now, I’m good … and I actually like the song.”
He continued, “And he didn’t go too crazy in the record also, you know? He could have said many things, that man is a clever artist. He could’ve really, really, really gave me about 40 bars. He said what he said. He got it off his chest. Blessing to everybody.”